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VOL. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1899.
ANI UTLTIMAT M
From the Plucky Boers to The
Powerful English Nation.
MUST BE WITHDRAWN.
London Startled from Hopes of
Peace to Face War,
Which No Doubt is
Now On.
The London News Agency published
the following dispatch from Pretoria
Tuesday morning: "An urgent dispatch
has just been handed to Conyngham
Greene, the British diplomatic agent.
requesting an explicit assurance of the
withdrawal within 48 hours of the
British troops from the Transvaal bor
ders, as well as the withdrawel of all
the British forces landed in South Af
rica since the Bloemfontein confer
ence."
The ultimatum has been received
from the Transvaal and has been made
public. It demands that the points of
difference be submitted to arbitration
that all troops be withdrawn, all rein
forcements that have arrived since June
1 be removed, and the troops now on
the high seas not to be landed. An an
swer was demanded by Wednesday. Oe
tober 11, not later than 5 o'clock p. m.
The ultimatum concludes with "in
the unexpected event of an answer, not
matisfactory, being received, by the
Transvaal within the interval, it will,
with great regret, be compelled to re
gard the action of her majesty s govern
ment as a formal declaration of war,
and will not hold itself responsible for
the correctness thereof, and that in
event of any further movement of
troops occurring within the above men
tioned time in a nearer direction to its
borders, this government will be com
pelled to regard that also as a formal
declaration of war."
IN SUSPENSE.
A dispatch from London dated Oct.
11 says up to that tiw no dispatches
had been received from the Cape since
the expiration of the ultlmatum, so it
is not yet known whether the first shot
has been fired. A telegeam from Pre
toria, timed 7:30 Tuesday evening say s:
"The situation is becoming more criti
cal hourly. Numerous Americans,
Germans, Frenchmen, Swedes, Bel
gians, Norwegians, Danes, Italians,
Datcnan. Swiss and and Cape Afri
kanders hav, cone to the border to
fight for the Tran.,aal, although they
are not burghers, while many British
residents have taken the oath of alle
giance. The hope is expressed by many
that war will yet be averted. Nothing
since this has been received from Pre
toria and doubtless telegraph communi
cation with the Transvaal is now cut.
LEAVE LONDON.
Montague White, consul general of
the South African republic in London,
called at the consulate Wednesday af -
ternoon and immediately left for the
continent. Mr. White's departure was
not e&ttended by any excitement. Be
fore shaking off the dust of England, he
said to a representative of The Associ
ated Press: "The expected has happen
ed. I only hope the hellishness of this
premeditaded crushing out of a taray
republic is now apparent. Lst me re
mind America that the onus of war lies
not upon those who fire the first shot,
but upon those who compel it to be fired.
"Technically we have tempormrly
put ourselves in the attitude of an ag
gressor, but who would not have done
so if the existence~of his country was
at stake? I think we must look far
ahead to see the consequences of this
war. Instead of the pacif action of
South Africa, which is the alleged act
of England, we shall have perpetual
unrest. These very people for whom
England is now fighting will turn
against her in time to come and pro
test against her rule as bitterly as they
are now protesting against ours.
"For weeks I had seen England's de
termination to force a hostile issue, or
rather Mr. Chamberlain's. I am sure
he is the only member of the cabinet
whose mind was thoroughly made up
throughout all the negotiations. What
his intentions were is evident from the
situation today. Ilad the frarnchise
been the chief grievance, our five year
proposition would certainly have been
accepted. I have reason to believe that
England enters upon her wailike course
by no means a unit. Opposition to M1r.
Chamberlain's policy exists to a greater
extent than is generally conceived.
ALL HOPE GONE.
"Our evident desire t> conciliate has
been much appreciated. and our rcfusal
to allow our household afLii: to tuie ao
ministered by another nation has not
excited genuine indigaation here or in
any quarter of the globe. Ilowever,
Mr. Chamberlain has accomplished his
purpose, and all hope is gone. I be
lieve, nevertheless, that a consiaerable
revision in British opinion would be a t
feted by any serious defeat, for most
of those now supporting the government
are doing so with a light heart and on
general principles, not stopping to
count the cost of war.'
Mr. White cited the Isandlwhama
massaere as an instance of such a
change in British opinion, le then
went on to say: "I suppose there can
be only one ultimate result of the hos
tilities. As to the duration of thc war
I am not able to ventume a guw. It
seemed to me a matter of the greatest
uncertainty. I hear that Great Brit
ai will not begin the wiping out pro
cess until December. In the meantime
we shall see what we shall see.
"I have received no special inst rue
tions or news from the Transvaal dur
ing the last 48 hours, and I expcct none
having long ago received directions as
to the course for me to take when mat
ters reached this stage. I shall re
main on the continent, and1 if anytng
further can be done in the interest oi
my government, I shall. of course, e n
deavor to do it, although there seems
nothing left but to fight it out to the
bitter, unjust end."
MUsT BE FREE.
The followine cablegr'am was rcesiv
ed Wednesday night by the Chicago
Tribune from President Kruger of the
Transvaal republic. The cablegram
was sent in answer to a message from
The Tribuanne requesting a statement
of the position of the Transvaal in the
peetcii. In the cablegram which
follows small words have been filled in
in order to make smoother reading:
Pretor-a, Oct. 11.
Through The Tribune we wish to
thank our many American firends for
sympathy in the present crisis of the
republic. Lak Monday we gave Eng
land 43 hours' notice within which we
give assurance that the dispute will be
settled by arbitratian or other peaceful
means. The notice expires at 5 o'clock
today. The British agent is recalled
and war is certain. This is the fitting.
end of the British policy of force and
fraud which has marked all South Af
rica with the blood of Afrikanders. We
must now make South Africa free or
the white man's grave. The republic
forces in clude all nationalities, among
them a strong American corps. showing
it~is not a case of Boor against Uitland
er. but all nations against the English.
We have full faith in freedom and re
publizanism and the righteousness
which guides the destinies of nations.
kSigned) President Kruger.
ENGLANI) S REPLY.
The following is the text of the Brit
ish reply to the Boer ultimatum:
"Chamberlain to Nilner, high commis
sioner, sent 10:45 p. ni., Oct. 10, 1S99:
"11cr majesty's government has re
ceived with great regret the peremptory
demands of the South African republic
conveyed inyour telegram of Oct. 9.
You will inform the government of the
South African republic in reply that the
cond,ilins demanded by the govern
met.t of the South African republic are
such as her majesty's government deem
it imipossible to discuss."
TlE WAR IS (ON.
A dispatch from Johannesburg says
that war was declared by the Boers an
Wednesday, and that the fomal declara
tion ocenrred at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning.
ACTIVE WARFARE.
A special dispatch from Ladysmith,
Natal, says the Beers occupied Laings
Nek the moment the ultimatum expir
Ed, and are now pouring into Natal.
Ingogo heights have been occupied.
Official confirmation of the announce
ment that the Orange Free State burgh
ers have entered Natal by way of Van
Reenens' pass is at hand. It leaves no
further room for doubt that acts of war
have already been committed and that
the campaign has begun.
A STREET FIGHT.
Newspaper Cartoon Causes Wounding
of Three Persons.
There was a terrible street Ouel in
front of newspaper row on Camp street
New Orleans Wtdnesday afternoon in
which Dominick C. O'Malley, proprie
tor of the Evening Item, and a well
known promoter of sport and C. Harri
son Parker, state tax collector, chair
man of the Democratic state campaign
committee and editor in chief of the
Delta. the anti-lottery organ, during its
existence, were both seriously, if not
fatally wounded. The trouble is said
to have originated over a cartoon in the
Item last Sunday representing Colonel
Parker. a little dog being led by a string
by Governor Foster, and labelled "Me
too.',
About three o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon O'Malley came out of his office
accompanied by Parson Davis, and
walked only a few yards, when Parker,
who was across the street conversing
with some friends, turned and saw him.
He started towards O'Malley and the
men seemed to know that trouble was
expected and began exchanging 45-cali
bre bullets, each firing until his pistol
was empty.- By the time the duel was
over the men were only about thirty
feet apart, and each walked away to get
attention.
Parker ieceived a ball in the side,
which is a dangerous wound, and one
in the shoulder. O'M1alley was serious
ly wounded in the groin and also re
ceived a bullet in the leg. A newsboy
fully a huadred yards away was shot in
the head by one of O'Maliey's bullets.
The boy will recover. Both men are
resting easy tonight. O'Malley has
been in several shooting affrays, and
Parker wounded Mayor E. A. Burke,
then state treasurer, in a famous duel
in 18S2.
The South Controls.
The Philadelphia Record, which is a
very close observ er of the development
of the south, considers the growth of
'the iron interest of this section one of
the most phenomenal industrial events
on record. The Record quotes the
president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company as saying:
Twenty years ago the company had a
capital, counting bonds and stocks to
ether, of $700,000, and was working
500 men, with an output of 100 tons
per day of coal and 300 tons of coke.
t was scarcely known beyond the con
ty in which it was operated and the city
of Nashville. Tean., to which its coal
was mainly shipped. "Today with a
bonded and stoek capital aggregating
$3,000.000, with over 14,000 employ
ees on its pay rolls, with a daily output
of 14,000 tons of coal, 3,500 tons of
coke and 2.500 tons of pig iron, and an
approaching output of 1,500 tons per
day of steel, it absolutely controls the
prices of foundry iron for the entire
world. pttting them up or putting them
down." _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Cost of the Navy.
The estimates for the maintenance of
the naval establishment for the next
is'al year are huge compared to any
ever made before for a similar expendi
ture by our government. They amount
to $73. 045,1S:3, which is an increase
over the appropriations for the current
year of $24,537,187. Included in the
increase for the next year are appropri
ations of $12,268.474 for public works
and navy yards and stations. There is
aso an estimate of $2,021,000 for the
new naval academy. The estimate for
the navy, including armor, guns and
machinery. is 322.98S3,101. The esti
mate for the bureau of construction and
repair is increased over the current ap
prl riation about $3.000,000: for steam
enineering $1.000,I000; for pay of the
navy about $700,000, while the esti
mats for ordnance arc decreased about
$700,000)
Changeable as the Wind.
If any person can find a public ques
tin having more than one side, on both
sides of which William McKinley has
not been found in the past thirty years,
that person will be entitled to the palm
as the greatest discoverer of modern
t.me--Coinmbus. Ohio, Press.
NOT WORTH IT
A Private Soldier's Opinion of the
Philippines.
MORE TROOPS NEEDEO.
Angeles One of the Finest Cities
in Luzon and the Seat of an
Intelligent Government.
A private soldier writes as follows to
the Washington Post from the Philip
pines:
It has been a little over a year since
Manila was surrendered to the Ameri
can troops, and from that time on it has
been hard and exhausting work for the
troops, with everything at -the present
time pointing to fighting and a stubborn
resistance for every mile of teiritory
we are now advancing over. What has
been a-complished in the past year
seems so little in comparison with what
is before us that the sentiment is that
ten yea:s from now we will be fighting
in the Philippines. It is true that we
have advanced into territory that the
Spaniards never were within miles of,
for all of their campaigning was never
more than five miles from Manila at
the most. Still we are a long way from
conquering the Filipinos. Towns and
villages that were captured months ago
by the Americans on the line of the
iailioads are giving the troops left to
garrison them a great deat of trouble, as
the main body advanses farther north.
By this harassing a large body of troops
has to be scattered along the railroad to
protect it, thus preventing their assis
tance in the advance. The situation
along this road can be summed up in a
few words: We have control and the
iight of way over nearly fifty miles of
the road, which we can hold by force
of arms, but a mile on either side it i6
as good as a man's life is worth to ven
ture, and hardly a night passes that
there is not some trouble about Caloo
can and Malolos, towns captured months
ago. This alone seems to point to the
fact that the Filipinos are not thirsting
to drink of the waters of protection
held out by Uncle Sam, but prefer their
mode of governing themselves.
It can be nothing else than patriot
ism with these people or they wou':-.
never have held out as long as they
have. They are not savages nor ignor
ant and illiterate. Their mode of living
is different, their manner of dress and
culture are different in some respects
from ours but in business respects they
are able to hold their own with a Bax
ter street merchant. They all seem to
be fond of the advantages of education,
and very devout in their religious be
lief, judging by the class of books left
behind in their houses, as all the works
are religious or historical. Their writ
ing shows great cire in their penman
ship, and some of their ledgers and ac
count books compare favorably. with
those of any bank in the States.
With this advantage of education
and the cunning instilled into them
from their ancestors and intermarriage
with the Chinese, they make a foe dif
ferent from any that the American
ores have had to contend with yet.
It can never be charged that the Amer
ican army was ever anything but hu
mane in its warfare, but it is at times a
bitter dose with these people. Our
forces will advance on a town and after
a slight resistance the native vamnooses
and the American forces take posses
sin. The next day in they will come
through our lines, dressed in their white
clothes and carrying a white flag. They
are "Araigos" or Macabebes then, but
we have learned at last, at the cost of
the lives of several good American sol
dier boys, to trust none of them, for
there is no confidence or respect of word
to be placed in any of them. The
"alcalde," or mayor, of a town-will meet
you with all the protestations of friend
ship and good-will for the American
and tell you that the Filipino and
Aguinaldo are "marlow," (no good,)
and at the same time, as was shown a
few days ago in capturing one of the
most friendly to the American cause,
have a commission as colonel or some
high ofice in the insurgents' army. It
is a hard thing to have to do, but the
only plan before the American army is
to drive them before you women and
children, and if they want to come back
in the town take the men prisoners and
send the women outside of the lit.
Tfhis has more effect than the use of
force, as the Filipino household seems
t be a happy and peaceble home, and
to separate the husband and father
from wife and children causes tears and
lamentations, more than the bullet will
ever do; but God forbid that the Amer
ican army will ever be compelled to
resort to such actions to gain their vic
There is one peculiar thing noticea
ble as the advance is made farther
north, and this is that though Manila
is spoken of as the chief city of Luzon,
and the seat of learning, wealth and
culture, the farther north you go from
Manila the appearance of the country
and habitations of the people show a
marked improvement. The land seems
to be better cultivated and the homes
are far better built, making a neater
appearance than those near Manila. In
this town of Angeles, captured by ten
companies of the 12th infantry on Au
gust 16, after the strongest resistance
encountered yet, every indication points
to an intelligent, well-governed city.
Tho houses are large and commodious,
a number of them built of stone, brick
and frame, wnile those built of bamboo
are of a different design than in other
places. There is a magnificent church
built of stone and finished in mahogany
and the furnishings of the altar will
compare favorably with the finest
church in the States. There are no
pews in any of the churches I have
seen in the interior. I should say be
tween 3,000 and 4,000 could worship in
this church without crowding.
On Monday morning, August 14, a
part of the 17th infantry and 51st Iowa
went out on a scouting trip, to gain
knowledge of the lay of the land in our
front, and met a large party of insur
gents some distance from Angeles. and
about two miles from Sindelon. After
having a slight brush with them they
fell back to Sindelon, having accom
plished their reconnoissance. Tuesday
night orders came that ten companies
of the 12th infantry, under command
of Col. Smith, would be ready to move
at d.ayra to ma a rennnoissance
in force. There was no thought of an
engagement, and we were expected in
Sindelon for supper that evening. By
5 o'clock next morning; Wednesday,
August 16, we were in line, and march
irig up the railroad track. We covered
about three miles in this position, when
a halt was made and the companies di
vided up; the 1st battallion went to the
fight, the second was to continue up
the track and the tnird to go off to the
left. In this position we advanced a
mile or more without seeing any sign of
insurgents, when the 3d battalion the
one I accompanied came to one those fre
quent streams, lined with brmbao trees.
Here we deployed as skirmishers, as the
dome and steeple of the church could
be seen in a cluster of trees. Hardly
had the advance been made beyond the
shelter of the trees when the singing of
Mauser bullets could be heard, though
we were too far off for them to de any
damage. The first volley fired by our
boys was at 1,SOO yards, so we must
have been 2,000 yards off vwhen they
opened up, but as we continued to ad
vance the firing became more deadly,
and we protected ourselves behind those
saviors of American soldiers, arice pat
ty, which has been the means of saving
many a life. By means of these rice
ratties you can fire a volley and then
advance to the next one, a distance of
about one hundred to one hundred and
fifty feet. Just before our advance,
and while waiting for developments,
Col. Smith rode up and, halting, said:
"Well, boys, we will eat our dinner in
AngelCs to-nay."
His words camp true, for after one of
the hottest fights and the most stub
born stani yet taken by the insurgent
army we finally drove them from their
trenches and scattered them in every
direction. Gen. Miscardo. who com
manded the army in Angeles. has been
several days trying to gather his forces,
and what started out as a reconnoissance
in force wound up in the capture of )ne
of the largest towns outside of Manilla;
also tWO locomotives and several cars,
several tons of rice, the control of
twelve miles more of railroad and the
best accommodations for a large num
ber of troops during the rainy season.
The soil is sandy, and soon absorbs
the surplus water, and the air and
water purer than at San Fernando.
Though three of the boys were killed
and several wounded, it seems miracul
ous that more were not hit by the
enemy's bullets, as they showed in their
firing more order than any encountered
as yet. But they cannot stand the vol
ley firing and yell of the Americano.
The skirmish line of the 3d battalion
as it advanced across the rice field made
a beautiful picture-not a break in it,
and every man moving forward and fir
ing as if by machinery. But nothing
less could be expected with such effici
ent officers, and under the guidance of
such a cooland collecte. officer as Capt.
Wood, who commanded the battalion.
Always with the men, never hurry
ing them, but directing their fire where
the enemy was the strongest, and hus
banding their strength for a final
charge, if need be, has instilled that
firmness in the men that sure to win
the day. At one time the insurgents
tried a flank movement, and for a few
moments the bullets were flying entire
ly too close to make it comfortable,
but their move was discovered by Lieut.
Coeben, commanding Company G, of
the 12th, who ordered a platoon to
check their move, and after a few vol
leys their line disappeared. In a short
time we advanced over their trenches
and were in possession of their city,
while they were flying in all directions.
If -there had been a large force or a
troop of cavalry so as to pursue them a
valuable pack train could have been
catured; but the men who had taken
part i a the engagement were complete
ly exhausted frem the effects of the
sun and the mire they were compelled
to march through. The loss of the in
surgents must have been heavy, as
trails of blood could be seen where they
had carried off their dead and wounded.
The dead found in the trenches showed
that they were not roving squads, but
oranized and equipped regiments, and
from the statement of a native hotel
keeper who remained there were 2,800
men, of which at least 2,200 men were
armed, under Gen. Meseard->. He said
that the day before they were entirely
out of ammunition, but a large supply
arrived that morning, a large quantity
of which was captured. It was new and
had no indication of rust on the shells,
proving that they nave a steady supply
station. After two days' rest, with
only a slight skirmish at times, Com
panies H and I went out to a large
sugar mill to burn it, as a number of
insurgents could be seen hovering
around it. After burning the mill
they decided to proceed about 1,500
yards farther on and burn'a small set
tlement of bamboo shacks, situated in
a bamboo thicket.
This turned out a disastrous move,
for the insurgents waited until the first
company was about one hundred yards
off, when they openled a murderous fire,
killing one of the most popular &fficers
in the regiment, Lieut. Albert Drew.
of Texas, an officer loved by his entire
company. It must have been their
aim was directed at the officers, for in
advancing to the relief of I company,
Liut. Uline, of Company IH, was seri
ously shot in the head, but it is thought
not necessarily dangerous. After re
covering the bodies of their dead and
wounded commanders the companies
fell back in order with no other casual
ties.
We expect to remain in Angeles for
some time, we hope until the rainy sea
snn is over and we can be reinforced,
for such weather as we are now having
takes all the health and vitality out of a
person. There is not a man in the
company or regiment that can truthful
ly say after a few msnths' active service
at the front that he is near the man he
was before he came to these islands.
In conclusion, the sum and substance
of the whole question is: If the Uinted
States intends to subjugate these is
lands it must send troops enough to
push forward and keep up a steady pur
suit until they have surrendered or been
captured. This will require a large
army, larger than some of the higher
officials can figure out in Manila, and
even then there will be no easy task.
The Filipino, notwithstanding state
ments to the contrary, hates the Ameri
can, and this is shown as the advance
is made farther north. We are told
that the only enemy to the American
is the Tagolog, and that in the Pam
panga province the people only waited
the chance to 'throw themselves in our
arms and shed tears of joy at their
delivera neu our reception on the
border of the Pampanga province was
the hottest acczrded the advance of any
of our troops. Instead of meeting ex
pressions of joy at our coming and the
display of white flags, as has been the
capture of towns previously, we saw
nothing but empty houses, everything
seemed to have been moved, as if ex
pecting us several days, and the only
sign of life were the dogs and the pro
prietor of the hotel, who has since been
sent to Bilibid prison, having been de
tected in some underhand work, but
you will find pasted on the walls of
most of the houses or hung in a frame a
card with "Viva la Constitucion!"
"Viva la Republica Filipina!" "Viva
Su Ilustre Presidente!" "Vivael Invioto
Ejercito de Filipinas!"
As Brig. Gen. Charles King expresses
it, these people are intelligent, indus
trious and capable -if self-government.
In this town of Angels we find there
were schools equipped with seats and
desks similar to those used a few years
ago in the States, blackboards, etc.
There are a police station and cells; a
justice Court room; there are a well
built jail and a pillory. They have
printed fo--ms for the payment of taxes
and other provincial debts; they have
been using the stub book for several
years in their tax department, similar
to that introduced in the collector of
taxes' office in Washingten. In the
professions there are doctors, lawyers,
dentists and druggists. There are a
furniture factory, blacksmith and
wheelwright shops, and every evidence
of thrift and prosperity.
The benefits to be derived by the
United States in conquering this island
seem small in eomparison to the deaths
and hardships endured by the troops.
There are no tracts of land to be taken
up; there is no opening for the laborer
or mechanic. Every available acre of
ground is tilled, and in buildings suit
able for this climate the native is far
superior, for nothing seems impossible
to -him with a bolo and bamboo. Of
course, the moneyed man has great
prospects before him in investments,
but for the brawn and muscle of Amer
ica's sons that are enduring the torrid
sun and marching through vapors of
malaria and typhoid fever the bright
vision ever before them is to have their
enlistment of three years end, and if
their lives are spared, to once more set
foot on the soil of their fathers, and
build up shatterea and broken down
constitutions and obliterate entirely
from their minds a place called the
Philippine Islands.
A SENSATIONAL MURDER.
A Judge Taken From House by a Mob
and Shot.
A dispatch from New Orleans says
the killing of Judge Brazil La Place
was one of the most sensational which
has taken place in Louisiana in years.
The report in the vicinity is that a
young lady was involved. Her father
was connected with the plantation and
left there Wednesday seeking to take
his daughter with him. She escaped
from him and remained behind. About
10 o'clock at night some one came to
the door and called for the judge. He
came out and while walking down the
high stairway to the road a mob with
white masks suddenly rose around him,
seized him and pinioned his arms. Be
was led some distance when the crowd
halted, one man placed a pistol to La
Place's back and sent a bullet through
his kidneys, killing him instantly. The
body was left in the road. Rain fell
upon it during the night and it was re
scued from the mud by relatives who
went up from Ner Orleans this morn
ing. These relatives aver that the
killing was political, but the woman
story is generally known and the mob's
action was based upon the fact that
Judge La Place is a married man, his
family residing at La Place, a few miles
away, named after his distinguished
father. Judge Rost has called a meet
ing of the grand jury of the parish for
Friday.
Murdered the Husband.
Mrs. Leonard Neumeister and Fred
W. Nye, after a preliminary hearing
at Tavares, Fla., on the charge of mur
dering Leonard Neumeister, have been
imprisoned, without bail, for the crime.
Two years ago there came from Louis
ville, Ky., to Altoona, Lake County,
Fla., Leonard Neumeister and wife,
and with them was a man named Fred
W. Nye. Not long before this time
Mr. Neumneister had fallen heir to about
fifty thousand dollars. About three
weeks ago the old man was missing and
Mrs. Neumeister reported his absence
to the neighbors. She told them that
shc had just found a letter, written by
him and left in the L.ouse, saying that
he intended to drown himself. The
men then went to a deep lake afew rods
from the house and-there found his life
less body in the water. It was thought
from the appearance of the writing
that the letter was not written by Mr.
Neumeister at all, but by some other
person. This led to the belief that the
old man had been murdered by his wife
and Nye.
A Derelict Schooner.
Capt. Sabiston, of the schooner Het
tie J. Dorman, luniber laden, from
Bogue Inlet, bound in~rth, passed, on
October 9, seventeen miles south of
Cape Lookout, light bearing northeast
by east, a large derelict, nothing but
the stock of the foremast standing, a
flag pole aft, but no flag attached, ap
parently abandoned; no signs of life
aboard; lay by her part night; wind
sprung up and during night lost sight
of schooner. Supposed to be schooner
Carrie A. Lane, lumber laden, which
was lost off Frying Pan during recent
gale. The wind has been prevailing
northeast for the past week, and if it
should shift southward the wreck would
drift to the beach.
Quite Old.
Mrs. Mary S. Wilson, who recently
celebrated her 91st birthday at Oyser
Bay, L. I., is living in a house which
is nearly 800 year aold, and on the
porch of which George Washington
shook hands with the people of the
town.
England Barra Dogs.
The board of agriculture of England
has promulgated an order forbidding the
landing of dogs from Ireland in Great
Britain, under a penalty of 20s~. This
is done to prevent the spread of rabies,
wich is ommon in Ireland just now.
FIRST INSTALLMENT.
Mr. Ouzts Starts His "Book of
Revelations-"
REASONS OF HIS RETICENCE.
He Reviews His Suspension and
Charges Members of the
Board of Control With
Breaking Promises
Mr. D. A. G. Onzts gave out Thurs
day the first of a series of letters he has
written about the dispensary. In the
introduction he makes the following-ex
planation'of why he has not heretofore
made public ihe charges he now brings:
"During my-years of service in the
dispensary I have seen a number of
things done which I knew were wrong.
These I reported to members of the
board, who were, I knew, honest, able
and pure. They thought, hoWever,
that it was best to say nothing publicly
about the wrong-doing until mentlike
themselves were a majority of the
board. r3 They believed in the dispen
sary and earnestly strove to make it a
success. In their judgment the dispen
sary could not withstand the effect of
such exposures, if its control was in the
hands of the men against whom these
exposures were made. They wanted to
save the law for the great potential
good that was in it. But as the contrary
element has grown so confident of its
power that it has gone to turning honest
men out of office at the dispensary, so
as to fill all places with its tools, thus
facilitating the carrying out of its plans,
I deem it my duty to make public all
I know, so as to expose these men,
deeming it better that the dispensary
should die than to continue under their
control, but hoping that the effect of
my criticism will be to drive such men
out of the dispensary and place its man
agement in the hands of men above re
proach. I make this statement because
I do not wish to be considered a sore
head or as exposing things 1 condoned
as long as I held office."
He first shows that he had no'intent
to do wrong in selling a bottle of con
traband, that he was ordered todoso by
his superior officer and that he thought
he was carrying out the wishes of the
board and thattwo members of the board
so assert.
He next chargesithat Miles, Hasel
den and Robinson promised to give him
a hearing before voting on the question
of his permanent suspension and that
they failed to keep their promises.
He asserts that the majority faction
is conspiring to secure complete control
of the dispensary.
He asserts that Chairman Miles has
shown favoritism to Shipping Clerk
Black, who has been reported for being
drunk and disorderly in the dispensary,
against a rule of the board, but who was
not disciplined.
He charges Chairman Miles with
partiality:kto r his nephew, Receiving
Clerk Young, who was repcrted for in:
competency and making serious errors
in counting shipments received at the
dispensary.
Friday Mr. Ouzts gave out another
installment of his "Book of Revela
tions," and there is more to follow.
His "Revelations" make rich, rare and
racy reading, but we have not the space
to publish them. He makes -many
charges against many people, all of
which is backed up by evidence which
seems, and which he claims, to be irre
fatab'e. We shall see.
Kodaks for Lynchers.
A o eastern newspaper, which has
givt ni profound study to the lynching
probli m: has at last found a remedy
which L. recommends with absolute con
fidence.
This ingenious newspaper is convinc
ed that the kodak is mightier rthan the
lyncher and that a mob which would
defy the rifles of a sheriff and his depu
ties might be easily put to flight by
"snap shots." It therefore proposes
that all sheriffs and jailers in regions
where lynchings are frequent shall be
armed with kodaks and that as soon as
a mob attacks a jail or makes a demand
for a prisoner these terrible instruments
be turned upon it. The effect, accord
ing to our sanguine contemporary,
weld be intantaneous and complete.
No would-be lyncher could for a mo
ment hold his ground while his picture
was being taken. He would not mind
being shot, but the idea of being kodak
ed would put him to hasty and headlong
flight. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They Want More Pie
The colored Republicans of New Jer
sey profess to be dissatisfied with the
course of the administration and allege
that if nothing further is done for
them by the Cranberry State Republi
cans in the way of appointments to of
fice, some of them may be impelled by
a profound sense of political duty to
vote the Democratic national ticket in
1900. Man y Jersey Democrats hope
that they won't. Antipathy to negro
suffrage has always been a marked feat
ure of the Democracy of New Jersey.
New Jersey was one of the six Staxs of
the country which rejected the fifteenth
amendment to the federal constitution
providing for negro suffrage. The
other States which opposed it were
Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Cali
fornia and Oregon.
Bad Wreck.
Wednesday at Short Creek, nine
miles above Wheeling, W. VD., a
northbound passenger train col'ided
with a special ftom Pittsburg, the lat
ter bringing delegations from Western
Pennsylvania to the Tri-State encamp
ment of the Uniform Rank of Knights
of Pythias. Eight persons were seri
ously injured, two fatally. The speci
al had orders to take the siding at Short
Creek, but the engineer of the special,
it is said, forgot, and a minute later the
two trains came together, and were bad
ly wrecked.
Kaw York For Bryan.
The New York State Democratic
Committee meeting Wednesday night
was controlled by Richard Croker and
ExSentor David B. Hill was turned
down. A Bryan resolution was adopt
edseconded by Croker, andopposed by
Hi11
MADE A BIG HAUL.
Burglars Secure Four Thousand Dol
lars Worth of Jewelry.
Special from Durham, N. C., says:
Two daring burglaries were committed
at the residences of Gen. Julian S. Carr
and Judge R. W. Winston, in this city,
Tuesday night.
At Gen. Carr's the loss will amount
to $3,500 to $4,000. The burglar of
burglars entered Gen. Carr's bedroom
and stole a diamond stud from a shirt
beside the bed on which the general
was sleeping. This diamond ornament
was valued at $1,000, and was a regis
tered stone. It was stolen during the
world's fair at Chicago, but was after
ward recovered by Pinkerton men. A
gold watch belonging to Gen. Carr, val
ued at $500; a gold watch belonging to
Mrs. Carr, valued at $700; a diamond
scarf pin, a pair of gold cuff buttons,
set with diamonds, belonging to Clai
born Carr; gold ear-rings, gold broaches,
etc., were taken.
It is notknown what time the rob
bery occurred. Not a clue was left be
hind to indicate how the guilty party
got in or ou'; of the residence. Some of
our people think it was evidently the
work of a professionaL
At the residence of Judge Winston,
as was the case at Gen. Carr's, it is not
known in what way entrance was made.
Two watches, a gold one aid a child's
watch, two gold necklaces, two gold
pins and Mrs. Winston's jewel case
were stolen. All of these were found
this morning near a side gate in the
back yard, where it is supposed they
were dropped by the burglar in his
flight.
The front door of the residence was
found open this morning and it is
thought that exit was made in this way.
In neither of the two robberies were the
occupants of these households in the
least disturbed, and knew nothing of it
until they awoke the next morn
ing.
NEW YORK'S MURDER MYSTERY.
A Boy Finds a Package With More of
the Hacked up Body.
Interest in the murder mystery grow
ing out of the finding of the left thigh
of a woman's body in West Seventeenth
street last Saturday had an increase
Wednesday by the recovery Wednes
day morning of what is believed to be a
portion of the same body on the beach
at the quarantine station of Staten Is
land. John Heineman, a boy 12 years
old, found the package wrapped in
newspapers and Manilawrapping paper.
When he opened it he found that the
cuts in the neck were jagged, showing
,that the head had probably been hacked
off, and the arms were cut off close to
the shoulders in a clumsy manner.. The
police were notified and took charge of
the find.
The flesh was taken to the morgu4
for compariEon with the parts of the
woman's body already there. The
parts of the body now missing are the
head, the arms, the legs from above the
knee down, and the right thigh, which
was found but was carted off to the city
dumps.
A name that looks like "J. J. Nu
man," and the laundry mark "J. J. N.
183," was discovered Wednesday morn
ing on one of the white skirts in the
bundle of clothing found in the base
ment of 219 West Fifteenth street.
The letters forming the name are not
distinct. They are partly washed out
and a little blurred. The "J. J. N." of
the laundry mark is very distinct, how
ever, and is expected to lead to the
identification of the owner.
Hold Your Cotton.
?Neil's reduction of his crop estimate
from 12,000,000 to 10,000,000 bales can
hardly be considered "bearish."
though that seems to have been its
effect on the market. He always over
estimates the vield, and his revised
figures would indicate a crop not over
9,500,000 bales. But, assuming that
he is correct, this would make the crop
a million and a quarter bales below that
of last year. Now consider the further
facts that cotton goods are in great de
mand and rising, that every available
spindle is running, that the consump
tion of cotton in this country will in
crease by 500,000 bales, with perhaps
an equal or greater incaease in Europe,
and the question is presented whether
even 10,000,000 bales will meet the
world's needs? We doubt it. Liver
pool and New York count on the south's
making a ruse' to sell. Moral: Don't
do it. Hold on to every bale you can
and after this reaction the prices will
go higher still.-The State.
Killed About Hogs.
John McElmurray, proprietor of the
Goodall farm, near Augusta, Ga.. shot
and instantly killed his cousin, J. A.
McElmurray, Thursday and seriously
wounded a Negro who was near when
the shot was fired. The two white men
had quarreled over the possession of
some hogs.
Robbery of a Bank.
The Reynolds Bank, at Reynolds,
Ind., was looted by robbers at 3 o'clock
Wednesday morning, the safe being
blown up by danmite. From $3,000 to
$10,000 was taken. The explosion de
molished the frame building in which
the bank was located. The thieves es
caped. _________
Violent Earthbuake.
A dispatch to The Handelsblad from
Batavia, cepital of the Netherlands
Indies, Java, says that.a violent earth
quake has visited the south side of the
Island of Coram, next to the largest of
the Moluccas, between iBooroo and
Papua, completely destroying the town
of Amhei and killing, it is estimated,
4,000 people, as well as injuring some
500 others. The dispatch says that de
tails of the disaster have not yet been
obtained.
Retires From Command.
A dispatch from Fort Monroe, Va.,
says that Rear Admiral Sampson retir
ed from command of the North Atlantic
squadron Friday evening at 5:30, when
his flag was hauled down from the
after mast of thc cruiser New York. A
crew made up of offieers of the flagship
rowed the admiral to the wharf. He
left at 7 o'clock for New Yerk. As the
steamer passed the New York, the naval
band played the national air. Ad
miral Farquhar, Admiral Sampson's
successor, will take command at 8
o'cloc Saturday morning.
A STRANGE CAREER
Of a Lunatic Now in the Lock Up
at Atlanta.
CASE PUZZLES THE POLICE.
The Prisoner, Who is Confined
in Padded Cell, Tells a
Wierd Story of Ad.
venture.
For one week there has been confined
in a padded dell at police station pro
bably the most peculiar and at the same
time best educated lunatic ever dealt
with by the local police, and it has de
veloped since his arrest that he is want
ed by no less than five different insane
asylums. The chief of police is now
vainly trying to get the case thoroughly
straightened out.
Last Tnesday night a telephone mes-,
sage to headquarters stated that a crazy
man had effected his escape from the
Grady hospital and was terrorizing the
entire Fourth ward, having torn off
nearly all of his clothing and was
acting more like a monkey than a
man.
Call officers Chosewood and Cornett
answered the message and after an ex
citing chase arrested the crazy man,
who, at the police station, gave his name
as John Williams. He was locked in
the padded cell and before morning he
had torn off what remained of his cloth
ing and also all of the padding of the
iron -cage. He was the wildest man
ever confined in the local police sta
tion.
Next day Officers Cornett and Chose
wood ascertained that Williams had
been employed at the race track, at
tending many of the fast nags that--are
to enter the races at the State fair.
Gradually Williams has improved in
mental condition, and now to talk with
him no one would ever suspect that he
was ever bothered with mental trouble.
He's perfectly rational about everything
and is too wise to impart to the officers
his real identity.
Last Saturday the two arresting offi
cers put Williams through a vey
thorouga questioning, and before they
were through they had learned from
him many things, cbtaining probably
the most peculiar story ever unfolded
to an officer of the law in the city of
Atlanta.
Williams, as he now calls himself, is
the son of a wealthy saloon and hotel
man in the city of New York, but for
many years he has had a mental afflic
tion, which has caused him to depart
from the quiet path in which he was
raised and take up the life of a tramp,
during which time he has been adjudg
ed insane no less than five times.
Upon each occasion Williams was
sent to an asylum and he has always
been cunning enough to effect an es
cape.
He is well educated and talks fluently
and with much ease, and while telling*
his story the only trace of insanity that
could be observed was his seeming fan
ey for boasting of the shockingsexperi
ences he has undergone.
"Since I was three years of age,"
said Williams to a Journal reporter, "I
have been affected with mental trouble,
and at times I get wild and do things
that I know nothing whatever about,
while at others I have the ecuning and
the sense of the slickest criminal that
ever lived.
"These spells come upon me when I
am least expecting them, and they stay
with me from one week to three years.
I was confined in an insane asylum in
Philadelphia for three years, escaping
some two years ago. Since that time I
have been following the horses.
"My father lives in New York city.
He is a hotel and saloon man, and a
Federal veteran, having had one of his
legs shot off during the civil war. I
left home when only 10 years -old and
have never been back since.
"In Harrisburg, Pa., about six years
ago I was detected by a policeman while
trying to do some dirty work. I ran
and the officer shot me three times, the
last bullet entering my back and caus
ing me to fall. I was captured and sent
to the penitentiary, but was afterward
transferred to the State insane ayslum
from which I escaped."
And just here this peculiar lunatic
exhibited three pistol wounds. He
continued: -J -
"Long before that I was'sent to an
asylum in New York State, but they
were not slick enough to keep me, and
I got away, after remaining there not a
great time. The prison for crazy peo
ple in Wilmington. Del., was notstrong
enough to hold me, and I walked away
without any great trouble.
"While working with horses in Ken
tucky, I had one of those funny spells
and was sent to the asylum at Frank
fort, from which I escaped and went to
Philadelphia, where I was adjudged in
sane and put in another asylum. I re
mained in this place for three years,
and two years ago, when an opportuni
ty presented itself I left them. I
would not tell you who I am, for the
Philadelphia people still want me."
Williams gave the officers thrse differ
ent names, Simon Reiner, Simon Davis
and John Williams..
The chief of police is now in corres
pondese3 with the Philadelphia people
and it is expected that the matter will
be straightened out in in a few days.
Atlanta Journal.
Cracked a Bank.
A special from Navada, Mo., says
burglars entercd the Farmers' bank at
Schell City, near there, Thursday night,
blew open thc safe and secured $3,500
in cash with which they escaped.
Previous to the bank robbery the town
watchman was captured on the street
by armed men and bound and gagged.
The robbers left no clue.
Held Up the Train.
The Northwestern limited tr ain,
leaving Chicago 10.30 Friday night,
was held up not far from Dekalb, Ill.,
and robbed. it is not known whether
the robbers obtained any great amount
of booty. The express car was dyna
mited. A special train containing a
number of 1r~en and detectives left the
Northwestern Station in Chicago short
ly afterwards bound for the scene of the
robbery. It is said there were..ive
masked men enad in the oneratian4